Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act,1954
Section 6 B. Travel facilities to members
1Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Act, every member shall be entitled’ to-
(i) one free air-conditioned two-tier class railway pass for one person to accompany the member when he travels by rail; and
2[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (ii) of sub-section (1), the spouse of a Member shall be entitled to travel,
(a) any number of times, by railway in first class air-conditioned or executive class in any train from the usual place of residence of the Member to Delhi and back; and
(b) when Parliament is in session, by air or partly by air and partly by rail, from the usual place of residence of the Member to Delhi or back, subject to the condition that the total number of such air journeys shall not exceed eight in a year:
Provided that where any such journey or part thereof is performed by air from any place other than the usual place of residence of the Member to Delhi and back, then, such spouse shall be entitled to an amount equal to the fare by air for such journey or part thereof, as the case may be, or to the amount equal to the journey performed by air from the usual place of residence of the Member to Delhi and back, whichever is less.]
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1. Substituted for “a [6B.] Travel facilities to members.- Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Act. Every member shall be entitled- (i) to travel by any railway in India at any time in first class air-conditioned on payment of the difference between the railway fares for first class air-conditioned “[and air-conditioned two- tier]. (ii) to one free b [air-conditioned two-tier] railways pass for one person to accompany the member when he travels by rail; and 5 [“(iii) to free travel by any railway in India in first class air-conditioned or executive class in all trains by the spouse, if any, of the member from the usual place of residence of the member to Delhi and back and if such journey or any part thereof is performed by air from any place other than the usual place of residence of the member, to Delhi and back, to an amount equal to the fare by air for such journey or part thereof.”.] “, vide The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act,1999 (16 Of 1999), Dt. March 22,1999 Published in Received the assent of the President on March 22,1999 and published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Part II, Section I, dated 22nd March,1999, pp. 1-3, No. 21
2. Subs. by Act 37 of 2010 w.e.f. 21-9-2010.
Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act,1954
